Yasiin Bey, the rapper and activist known as Mos Def, made headlines last week when he was arrested in South Africa for trying to use a “world passport” to leave the country. Now, he’s released a message to fans through Kanye West, who posted an audio clip from Bey to his Twitter and website.

• Kristen Stewart’s tabloid woes have certainly not slowed her career. She’s attached to star in Lie Down in Darkness, an adaptation of the William Styron novel about the highly dysfunctional Loftis family and their beautiful-but-neglected daughter Peyton (Stewart). Director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) also penned the screenplay.